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A local trader, built into the brand a metro project would sign.

SSB Ketana, case study cover
01 / CONTEXT
Client
SSB Ketana
Founded 2019 · Pune, India
Industry
Construction Hardware & Supplies
Construction chemicals, anchoring, waterproofing, power tools
Services
Brand Positioning | Identity System | Website | Marketing Collateral | Office Interior Branding
3-month engagement · 2024
Outcome
Onboarded as a Pune Metro and Goel Ganga supplier
A new OEM partnership signed within 90 days of rollout
02 / THE PROBLEM

A new company with global OEMs on its side. Nothing yet to show for it.

SSB Ketana started as a local trader in Pune. The team had already signed authorised partnerships with Sika, Fischer, DeWalt, and Bosch, serious brands behind serious work. Nothing in the company yet showed it. There was no brand, no system, no surface a developer or a government tender team could weigh.

A construction buyer for a metro project or a major builder does not buy from a trader, they buy from a brand they can put on file. SSB had the OEM credentials and the technical capability. It did not yet have the brand to sit alongside Sika or Fischer in a buyer's shortlist.

KILL LIST · INTAKE FINDINGS
  • A new company with no brand of its own
  • Global OEM partnerships with nothing to carry them
  • A local-trader read for a buyer in front of a metro project
  • No website, no system, no surface to weigh
  • Capability the market had no way to see

SSB had the OEMs and the work. The brand had to catch up before the next-tier client would.

03 / PROCESS

Build the brand from the ground up.

We built SSB a complete sales-ready brand system from scratch. New positioning set the story on authorised, technical construction solutions, not local trade. A full identity system gave the company one face across the website, the marketing collateral, and the office itself. By the end, SSB looked like a brand a tier-one buyer would put on its approved list.

  • STAGE 01

    Positioning

    From local trader to authorised technical supplier.

  • STAGE 02

    Identity

    A full brand system, built from zero.

  • STAGE 03

    System

    Website, marketing collateral, and quote-ready materials.

  • STAGE 04

    Office

    Interior branding so the brand held inside the office too.

04 / SOLUTIONS

What we built

  • 01

    Brand Positioning

    Built SSB's story from local trader to authorised technical supplier. A surface a metro project tender team could put on file.

  • 02

    Identity System

    A full brand built from zero. The face that sits alongside Sika, Fischer, DeWalt, and Bosch in a buyer's shortlist.

  • 03

    B2B Website

    A site that shows the OEM credentials, the product range, and the technical depth a developer or government tender team needs.

  • 04

    Marketing Collateral

    Quote-ready materials and product sheets. The brand reaches the buyer's desk in one consistent form.

  • 05

    Office Interior Branding

    The brand carried inside the office space. Holds in person, not only online.

05 / OUTCOME
We started as a small trader with big OEM names backing us. The brand did not show that. Now it does. Within months we were signed onto Pune Metro and Goel Ganga, and a new OEM came in too. The brand opened doors our trade name could not.
Founders
SSB Ketana · Pune
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